# How much Marijuana was consumed at Woodstock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971 "2005-06-05T03:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/1 "2005-06-05T03:56:14Z")
A question recently formed, somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind, and now the curiosity is overwhelming. That is…roughly how much Marijuana was consumed at the Woodstock festival of 1969? And not “per capita”—I mean how much, total, by all the people who were smoking it. Hundreds of pounds? Tens of tons? More? Less? I have absolutely no idea. (And, for now at leasat, this is _just_ concerning Marijuana, and not any other drugs.) Can anyone help me out? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/2 "2005-06-05T04:18:15Z")
Impossible to know for sure. However, if we assume that one joint weighs 0.4 gm, and each of the 500,000 attendees smoked an average of one joint per day for the three days of the festival, that would yield a total of 600 kilos, or about half a ton smoked. I only had a toke or two myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/3 "2005-06-05T05:19:12Z")
And who do you think was keeping count? 😕 [sup]ATF?[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/4 "2005-06-05T05:41:43Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > And who do you think was keeping count? 😕 [sup]ATF?[/sup] Hey, I’m just talking about rough estimates (and we’ve estimated odder things on there boards), I didn’t expect the Department of Agriculture to have a “Report on North American Cannabis Consumption, 4th Quarter, FY 1969,” or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/5 "2005-06-05T06:27:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Impossible to know for sure. However, if we assume that one joint weighs 0.4 gm, and each of the 500,000 attendees smoked an average of one joint per day for the three days of the festival, that would yield a total of 600 kilos, or about half a ton smoked. > > I only had a toke or two myself. 🙂 Only 0.4 gm’s. You pin joint rolling mofo! I remember you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/6 "2005-06-05T07:02:01Z")
Third Floor!!! Mundane. Everybody OUT! Moved from GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/7 "2005-06-05T07:29:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > if we assume that one joint weighs 0.4 gm Is that a reasonable estimate? I’ve been told by, um, knowledgeable parties that American potheads are known for smoking very thin joints. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/8 "2005-06-05T08:38:39Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > … American potheads are known for smoking very thin joints. This is false. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/9 "2005-06-05T08:46:13Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > This is false. 😛 It’s a generalization, of course, but are you calling my father a liar? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/10 "2005-06-05T13:16:10Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s a generalization, of course, but are you calling my father a liar? Yes. Around here the method choice is a three foot Graffix bong, a “big honkin’ glass bowl”, or a HAWGLEG consisting of at least a gram in a regular JOB 1.25 (preferably the French Lights). That’s roughtly the thickness of my pinky finger. The ones who listen to “rap music” tend to roll BLUNTS consisting of even more… maybe about 2.5 grams in the skin of a cigar. Anecdotal experience, no cite. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/11 "2005-06-05T13:18:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s a generalization, of course, but are you calling my father a liar? Ehhhh… but back on topic… Just watch the documentary… I didn’t see a single “pinner” in the entire four hours. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/12 "2005-06-05T13:29:14Z")
Yeah. When a lid was $10, nobody had ever heard of a pinner. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/13 "2005-06-05T15:05:10Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Hey, I’m just talking about rough estimates (and we’ve estimated odder things on there boards), I didn’t expect the Department of Agriculture to have a “Report on North American Cannabis Consumption, 4th Quarter, FY 1969,” or anything. Well of course you can’t expect to find your answer in a report from the 4th quarter; Woodstock occured in the middle of **Q3** in '69! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/14 "2005-06-05T15:47:37Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Around here the method choice is a three foot Graffix bong, a “big honkin’ glass bowl”, or a HAWGLEG consisting of at least a gram in a regular JOB 1.25 (preferably the French Lights). That’s roughtly the thickness of my pinky finger. > > The ones who listen to “rap music” tend to roll BLUNTS consisting of even more… maybe about 2.5 grams in the skin of a cigar. I got the figure on the weight of a joint from a Google search. The joints I personally saw circulating at Woodstock were not all that big - the size of an average cigarette, more or less. And out in the crowd, not too many people had brought along their bongs. I didn’t see any honking great spliffs. Of course, some people certainly consumed much more than 0.4 gm per day, but others didn’t smoke at all. (A few, anyway.) I had my very first toke at Woodstock (at 17), having attended a very conservative parochial high school in the Bronx. Perhaps someone with more expertise in joint consumption would care to give another estimate. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/15 "2005-06-05T18:47:46Z")
Pretty much all of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/16 "2005-06-05T23:38:31Z")
A thought just occured to me—do we have to worry about the weight of the _paper_ used in the joints throwing off the numbers? I mean, if we’re talking about half a million joints per-day for three days, the paper might really start to add up. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/17 "2005-06-06T00:35:30Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Pretty much all of it. :smack: (With such a straight line for a thread title, why didn’t someone come up with this sooner?) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/18 "2005-06-06T02:56:13Z")
I don’t know how much in grams, but if you drive by Farmer Yasgir’s farm today, you get a slight sweet whiff. Or so they say. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/19 "2005-06-06T13:06:42Z")
Frankly, I think this is a question we can never know the answer to. Because if you remember anything about Woodstock, you weren’t there, man … ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-marijuana-was-consumed-at-woodstock/306971/20 "2005-06-06T13:35:07Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Yeah. When a lid was $10, nobody had ever heard of a pinner. _Wipes nostalgic tear_